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NNadir

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17. I've taken hundreds if not thousands of flights in my career.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Fri May 16, 2025, 11:45 AM

May 2025

I had a few events that were close calls, one in which I was momentarily sure I was going to die.

That said I've never been as concerned with flying as I will be on Monday, when I fly out of Newark.

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